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Psychological Mechanisms Underlying Second Language Fluency [PDF]
, 1991 Fluency in a second language is considered important by both learners and teachers, but is not well understood. This paper describes what is known about second language fluency and describes a number of psychological learning mechanisms that might ...
Schmidt, Richard
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Learning Advanced Finnish: Explorations for Second Language Acquisition
, 2019 The Finnish government offers various educational programs to aid immigrants — currently 5.2 % of the population — in language acquisition and cultural assimilation, but the efficiency of these programs in improving high-skilled immigrants’ job opportunities has been questioned.
Rodriguez-Kaarto, Tania, Hahn, Young-Ae
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International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP), 2020 Communication skills, especially academic writing skills in English, are vital for a successful career in the global scientific community. Finnish engineering students, however, seem to encounter problems when preparing their scientific publications in English as a second language (ESL) for international forums. Thus, these skills should be enhanced at
Hanna Niemelä, Johanna Naukkarinen
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Preference and Order in First and Second Language Referential Strategies [PDF]
, 1991 Kellerman, Ammerlaan, Bongaerts, and Poulisse (1986) examined referential strategies used by Dutch speakers of English as a second language in a shapedescription task. Kellerman, et al.
Russell, George
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Does Second Language Instruction Make a Difference? A Review of Research [PDF]
, 1982 Does second language instruction promote second language acquisition? Some studies conclude that instruction does not help (or even that it is counter-productive); others find it beneficial. The picture becomes clearer if two distinctions are made. First,
Long, Michael H.
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Suomen monitahoinen possessiivisuffiksi ja suomenoppija
Lähivõrdlusi, 2010 The article is concerned with the Finnish possessive suffix from the point of view of teaching and learning. First, this suffix and its present-day use are shortly studied. Then, it will be clarifi ed how this suffix is taught in the textbooks of Finnish
Kirsti Siitonen, Manami Mizuno
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The Maori language in New Zealand: a case study of language shift [PDF]
, 1983 This thesis examines the language shift that has occurred among the Maori people of New Zealand. The displacement of the Maori language by English is described in terms of current theories of language loss involving factors such as bilingualism and ...
Love, Patricia A.
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Pupillary responses to affective words in bilinguals' first versus second language.
PLoS ONE, 2019 Late bilinguals often report less emotional involvement in their second language, a phenomenon called reduced emotional resonance in L2. The present study measured pupil dilation in response to high- versus low-arousing words (e.g., riot vs.
Wilhelmiina Toivo, Christoph Scheepers
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Address forms in Tatar spoken in Finland and Estonia
Open Linguistics, 2023 Tatar minorities have lived in Finland and Estonia as a multilingual diaspora for more than a century. This study explores how the different generations of Tatars living in Finland and Estonia perceive polite forms of address, focusing on the choice of ...
Sild Orsolya
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.The perspective presents an integrated view of neuromorphic technologies, from device physics to real‐time applicability, while highlighting the necessity of full‐stack co‐optimization. By outlining practical hardware‐level strategies to exploit device behavior and mitigate non‐idealities, it shows pathways for building efficient, scalable, and ...
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